Burford Capital Ltd. engages in the provision of legal finance products and services comprising core legal finance and alternative strategies, and in the asset management business. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 160 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2009-10-21. The Company’s businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a range of legal finance and advisory activities. The company provides capital, based on portfolio size, against the underlying value of litigation and legal assets. The company operates through two segments: Principal Finance and Asset Management and Other Services. The Principal Finance segment funds capital to legal finance assets from its balance sheet, primarily as capital provision assets, and in limited scope through interests in private funds managed the Company. These capital provision assets and private fund interests generate its capital provision income. The Asset Management and Other Services segment manages legal finance assets on behalf of third-party investors, and it provides other services to the legal industry. Its clients are a range of litigants including a number of law firms and businesses.